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Trump’s numbers are not what you think

Commentary on Donald Trump almost always assumes that he has created major electoral waves. It's not true. Let's look at some figures.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Personalities, United States 4 Comments 8 November 2024

Welcome to Munich

America's voters decide that standing up to tyranny would be more trouble than it's worth. We've seen this before, and it doesn't end well.

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Charles Richardson Elections, United States, War and peace 7 Comments 7 November 2024

Election preview: United States

Tomorrow's presidential election is critical for the future of America and the world, but only a handful of voters are likely to determine the result.

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Moldova & other updates

A big win for the pro-Europeans in Moldova after their close shave a fortnight ago. Also updates from Britain, Austria and Georgia.

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Results from the borderlands

Checking on the weekend's election results from Georgia, Lithuania and Bulgaria.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Middle East 2 Comments 31 October 2024

Japanese voters lose patience

Japan's government is struggling to hang on after an early election backfires yet again.

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Queensland Labor goes down

Queensland has a new government today, after the opinion polls were shown to have been on the right track.

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Election preview: Queensland

Queensland votes tomorrow in an election that looks a bit closer than originally expected.

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Big test on the Russian borderlands, part 2

Another three former Russian dependencies go to the polls at the weekend, with varying democratic prospects.

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Big test on the Russian borderlands, part 1

An expectedly strong showing by the pro-Russian forces has put Moldova's European ambitions in doubt. A similar contest will be fought out in Georgia on Sunday.

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